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F sharp minor guitar chord

F sharp minor is written F#m. The notes are F sharp, A, and C sharp. Start with the top picture.

x means muted. 0 means open.

F sharp minor

Short code 244222, thickest string first.

Barre fret 2 with the index finger on the low E, G, B and high E strings.

  1. Low E string: fret 2, index finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  2. A string: fret 4, ring finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 4, pinky finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  4. G string: fret 2, index finger, note A, 3rd.
  5. B string: fret 2, index finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  6. High E string: fret 2, index finger, note F sharp, 1st.

F sharp minor uses the notes F sharp, C sharp and A.

More F sharp guitar chords.

Also F sharp major, F sharp dominant 7, F sharp major 7, F sharp minor 7, F sharp suspended 2, F sharp suspended 4, F sharp power chord, F sharp diminished, F sharp augmented.

F sharp minor, another shape

Short code x44675, thickest string first.

Barre fret 4 with the index finger on the A and D strings.

  1. Low E string: muted, do not play.
  2. A string: fret 4, index finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  3. D string: fret 4, index finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  4. G string: fret 6, ring finger, note C sharp, 5th.
  5. B string: fret 7, pinky finger, note F sharp, 1st.
  6. High E string: fret 5, middle finger, note A, 3rd.

F sharp minor uses the notes C sharp, F sharp and A.

Why do these two F sharp minor shapes both use a barre?

Both pictures are F sharp, A, and C sharp. That is F sharp minor. The first picture bars fret 2 on all six strings. The second picture mutes the thick string and bars fret 4. Same three notes. The second shape is higher and skips the thick string.

If the F sharp minor in a song sounds higher than the first picture, try the second picture lower on this page. It is still F sharp minor.

A is the note that makes this chord minor instead of major. On the first picture that A is on the G string, fret 2, index finger. Play F sharp major after this. On F sharp major that note is A sharp. Listen for A turning into A sharp.

Progressions that start on F sharp minor

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F sharp minor, D major, A major, E major

F sharp minor (F#m) is the mood. D major (D), A major (A), and E major (E) refuse to let the song stop and cry in the corner. It feels like washing dishes after a hard day with a pop song on: not happy, not wrecked, still going. A lot of 2010s pop and alternative radio lives right here.

F sharp minor, B minor, E major, F sharp minor

Stays sad the whole way. E major is a window, not a rescue. Folk and rock ballads that do not want a happy ending. A porch at dusk, not a dance floor.

F sharp minor, A major, E major, F sharp minor

A major shows up brighter, like a cousin who still smiles. Then E major, then back into F#m. 1990s and 2000s pop that wants a little daylight inside a sad song. Not cheerful. Not hopeless.

Songs with F sharp minor

Listen for this chord, then use the grip on this page.

Billie Jean

F sharp minor sits in this Michael Jackson song. The recording is in F sharp minor. The verse is F sharp minor, G sharp minor.

F sharp minor is the first chord of the verse. Then G sharp minor.

Michael Jackson put Billie Jean out in 1982, on the album Thriller. F sharp minor is the home chord. It is the darker chord the verse starts on. The verse is F sharp minor, G sharp minor.

They recorded it at Westlake Studios in Los Angeles, with Quincy Jones producing. The intro ran about 29 seconds before Jackson sang. Jones wanted that intro cut. Jackson said that part was what made him want to dance. Jones later said when Michael Jackson tells you that, you shut up. They kept the intro. That groove sits on F sharp minor.

In his book Moonwalk, Jackson wrote that the girl in the song is not one person. She is a composite of people who had plagued him and his brothers for years.